mikecamp317 + Musician in Pulaski, TN

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ABOUT

I'm an experienced guitarist. I have played in numerous bands, one that initially seen success (100k+ views on be and 1.5 million on spotify, we were post-hardcore/metalcore called I Am Haunted from Utah and had a past member of Chelsea Grin) but disputes caused it to fall apart despite our potential.

I have high end gear, I am use to running on IEMs(in-ear monitors), I have experience in audio engineering aside from guitar and bass; I have a home studio and built IEM and lighting rigs for my previous bands as well as our live production.

I'll post music videos and some tracks from my last band and list some influences!

I am ready to either find an already established band and potentially join or be a hired gun for touring needs. Aside from playing; I can run every aspect of the show production from IEMs to backing tracks to midi light automation and getting it all setup to run night to night aswell as keeping guitars and basses in working order/doing tech work (I am a guitar and rig building addict, I love working on them and ton searching) which saves the band money especially if I am just working for you as a hired guitarist.

If you run IEMs I can help you build a rig that can be mixed for each member on the fly and maintain it, and a lighting rig that can be programmed alongside your project file in just about any DAW. I can do it all still whilst playing rhythm, lead, and backing vocals. I am kind of a jack of all trades and I am a gear nerd. That's what I bring to the table, I can run or fix just about anything on the fly and under pressure and I come with own tour read gear(I play Ernie Ball Music Man guitars, Fractal AxeFx III/FM3, and Mesa Boogie cabs pretty much excusively! So I am not afraid to drop a dollar on good sh*t!)

As far as personal details I'll keep it minimum; I am a father and husband. I have 2 beautiful children. I don't screw around on tour, I don't really drink much due to health reasons, I don't do drugs. I could care less if you do, whatever floats your boat I'll roll with it as long as you keep it together and remain professional. I'm not your dad, I don't care to lecture anyone! I am a esophageal cancer survivor, hence why I took a 5 year break from music aswell as why I don't drink. Now I am cancer free, inspired, and ready to go 150% all in.

If it's a temporary gig(with compensation) playing a show or two, a whole tour(preferable), a permanent position in an established band with future for growth that I can dedicate time and invest in, or individuals who want to collaborate with me on creating something brand new; I am completely open to it and down 24/7. Yes, I am a metal guy at my roots but I listen to and play EVERYTHING. It'd be harder to find a genre I DON'T like. Influences tab will be what I am jamming right now OR are a heavy inspiration.

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931-371-0109
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Hit me up with any questions 24/7! I will travel! I am Tennessee/Nashville based but anywhere South or East Coast or further if the oportunity is worth traveling/flying for.

Screen name:

mikecamp317

Member since:

May 19 2022

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Touring

Years playing music:

15

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

More than 3 times per week

Available to gig:

6-7 nights a week

Influences

Periphery, Northlane, Norma Jean, Spiritbox, Fit for a King, Volumes, BMTH (Sempiternal era), Coheed, Underoath, ADTR, Acacia Strain, Emmure, Glass Cloud, After the Burial, Meshuggah, The Smashing Pumpkins(top 5 fav), Goldfinger, The Used, CKY, Everytime I Die, The Plot in You, Like Moths to Flames, Gojira, Mastodon, Thrice, Deftones, Soundgarden, QOTSA, Foo Fighters, Slipknot & Stone Sour, Rush, Dream Theater, and too much to list. We could even get weird here and start talking about everything from Waylon Jennings to Phil fu*kin' Collins. I like everything and try to find inspiration in anything!

Instrument experience:

Rhythm Guitar:

Expert

Lead Guitar:

Expert

Bass Guitar:

Advanced

Background Singer:

Advanced

EQUIPMENT

Ernie Ball Music Man Guitars:
JP6's
JP12
JP13
JP16-7 string
And more soon!
I also have some Fender's I break out every once and awhile. I have a rare Billy Corgan sig that is fucking killer!
Fractal Audio amp modelers:
AxeFx III, FM3 pedalboard rig with amp, wirless, etc
Mesa Boogies Rectifier Cabs
Alclair In-ear Monitors(Also endorsed by them from my last project)

With my rig I can get just about any sound possible, hundreds of amp combos, hundreds of can sims for FOH and IEM but real Mesa's for loud stage volume if needed(I love the feel of an amp on stage but the convience of a stable sound for FOH night to night)
My Music Man's have piezeos for acoustic sounds, coil taps for single coil sounds, built in boosts for leads and solos, floating trems. I can create about any tone for any genre neccessary and I have analog pedals aswell as just about any pedal in modeled in my Fractals.

My rig can go from huge for US tours or local shows or downsized to a pedalboard for fly rigs and bar gigs.

And too much else to list!

I do have a home studio complete with Universal Audio gear, Shure SM7B, Yamaha monitors, etc. to do pre-pro and demos in and work on stuff before committing to it at a studio. This allows me to bounce ideas between collaborators and commit ideas to recording and experiment before paying big bucks to record them(I've dropped 10k on an EP, I know it sucks to be unprepared and it's every producers pet peeve. I try to be prepared before hand!)

Speaking of recording; I am starting towards my Bachlors in Applied Science of Audio Engineering online at Full Sail currently so my curriculums can fit around the needs of any project and I can better myself as far as producing and engineering with plans of turning production into a career besides just being a musician who knows how to record on his own and doing my own pre-pro.

It also doubles for me as a streaming setup(I game a lot!) and I am in the process of a YouTube startup to try my hand at creating content on the side!

MUSIC